The National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. will bring French heritage back to life on April 15 with an exhibition, Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibition, a 360-degree AR immersion into the 850-year history of the cathedral and its ongoing…
/PRNewswire/ On April 15, the National Building Museum will bring French heritage back to life with a new exhibition, Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented.
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Police in a Rio de Janeiro slum engaged in an hourslong gunbattle Thursday targeting drug traffickers and leading to the death of at least 25 people, including one officer. The raid in the Rio de Janeiro Jacarezinho favela in the north of the city, which police authorities say was the result of a “long and detailed” investigation, targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, criminal organization.
Human rights activists accused the police of using excessive force, and called the raid one of the deadliest in Rio de Janeiro s history. Critics of the raid are also asking why the raid occured in the first place after a Supreme Court ban on law enforcement raids in the city during the pandemic.
and it remains a place of prayer. thoughts are now turning in earnest towards reconstructing notre dame. the restoration has become a matter of state france s president a man in mcallen says the cathedral will be restored to its former glory. we are a people of builders and we have so much to rebuild so yes we don t reconstruct the cathedral now if you re going to be even more beautiful than before. and i want that goal to be reached within five years. that will be no easy task footage from inside the charred building shows debris everywhere however its belt towers and walls are intact. that stakes to the hundreds of firefighters who fought the raging blaze at the vigil a spontaneous show of gratitude for the paris fire brigade. a
finally tonight, the crown of thorns saved. tonight, hundreds gathering outside the notre dame cathedral, praying, lighting candles, remembering. inside, we have now learned of the rescuers who worked through the night, even with the fire raging, to save the priceless relics, the history, including the crown of thorns. what the gospel says was put on jesus by roman soldiers while he was carrying the cross. in the church s possession for nearly 800 years. paris s mayor tonight saying this man, jean-marc fournier, the paris fire brigade chaplain, was a hero in this, insisting on entering with firefighters to help rescue the crown. our partners at national geographic getting rare access to the crown while recently producing the story of god with morgan freeman. the crown, which is made of reeds, of herbs, of weeds, and